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Will nothing unite us but tte dfy . ? $$ ? le ? $ , and r ; eiterat $ d assertion of two or three pointy of controverted doctrine , VF } th the arguments and criticisms thereunto appertaining ? js theology never Jo be clothed with flesh and bipod , and breathe the breath of life , a ^ d walk forth ^ mon ^ st men , an $ spea }< of alj things pertaining $ o humanity , thai by its sympathies , conjoined with its superiority , it may raise humanity towards heaven ? If noj , why then it seems to me that the ' union' must be of little worth and brief duration . Moreover Unitarians had themselves pronounced a verdict which could not be mistaken on those A peculiar characteristics' whicn , if there be any ground for it , are the object of my Correspondent ' s regret . Besides that under the original proprietorship of the Monthly Repository the cry of ' help * was repeatedly heard , it mu 3 t not be forgotten that the ^ Unitarian Association , in the short space of five years , sunk upon it ,
in vain , the sum of six fyindred and seventy pounds . This was warn * ing to the present proprietor not to tread exactly in their steps , had there not been higher inducements ( for the sake of which he purchased the work ) to pursue a better course . In consequence of this allegation , the contents of the volume for 1832 have been analyzed , and the result shows that nearly one half of the original articles , and of the books reviewed or noticed ,- relate directly to the truth of Christianity , 4 evotion , theology , or some form
of the higher and spiritual concerns of man , while the remaining portion includes all other topics whatever ; and that so far from any gradual change , the last three months yield a larger proportion of the former class of topics than the preceding three months . But had the result of this analysis been ever so > different , I should have protested against its being evidence that the Repository was losing any characteristic essentially connected with its title to Unitarian support . I should have thought that as the editor had neither asked nor
received ( what had been afforded in former times ) pecuniary aid towards the expenditure , an 4 the occasional payment of contributors ; and as he was known not to have capital himself for that purpose , some allowance would have been made by all considerate persons , for the unavoidable fluctuations of a work depending on voluntary contributors , where each will write on the subject that he himself selects , and not on that which may best accord with the editor ' s notions of
the proportion and completeness of his forthcoming number . I should also have thought that sonre allowance would have been made fora larger admixture of miscellaneous matter , as thereby the Monthly Repository was gaining a character it never possessed before of being generally readable . I must also mention , with whatever pain and regret , that as to articles of the first class , I suffered many disappointments . On purchasing the work , I applied in most Unitarian quarters where I had reason to
expect both ability and will to assist me ; previous experience had taught me , that the latter was not quite coextensive with the former ; and I received , together with some rebuffs , many promises , of which some were only partially fulfilled , and others not redeemed at all . Still I chiefly looked to Unitarian writers , and they were the sole recipients of what resources I could apply on behalf of contributors . Moreover , besides all these , fair deductions and allowances , it shou | d be remembered that there wa * tbe Unitarian Chronicle ; established
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1833, page 350, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2614/page/62/
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